90nm 3GHz PPC 970FX by Summer

dmdimon sent in linkage to a Forbes story on the upcoming PPC chips and notes "IBM is said to be ready to deliver a new version of its PowerPC processor to Apple by the end of this year in from sizes of 130 nanometers to 90 nanometers... Apple CEO Steve Jobs has already gone on the record saying that the G5 computer will contain PowerPC chips that run at 3 GHz by the summer of 2004. A mid-step between the current systems, which top out with two chips running at 2 GHz, and systems with chips as fast as 2.6 GHz would be a logical move come January..."

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[n0mad6]

Personally, I'd hold out on getting a G5 based machine until software (particularly an OS thats not just processor optimizations tacked onto a 32-bit platform) that fully utilizes its 64-bit capabilities shows up. Although, given Apple's current once a year OS release timeline, I wouldn't be suprised if 10.4 came out in both 32 and 64 bit flavors.

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[macthulhu]

Dear fuckwit AC... Ad hominem... stupid generalizations... anecdotal evidence? How about personal experience in a real world setting? I'm not quoting marketing drone propaganda from the brochures, or laboratory benchmarks, or anti Mac FUD. I use these systems every day. For a living. How about "when you can't come up with an argument, contributing nothing to the discussion and posting as AC works just as well."? Blow me.